Belle and Sebastian Announce New Album Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
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Belle and Sebastian have announced a new album called Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance. It follows 2010′s Write About Love and last year’s rarities collection The Third Eye Centre. Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance is set for release on January 20, 2015 (January 19 in the UK and Europe) via Matador Records. The album was produced and mixed by Ben H. Allen III (Animal Collective, Gnarls Barkley), with additional mixing from longtime collaborator Tony Doogan. Watch an album trailer featuring footage from the band’s time in the studio in Atlanta, below. It features a snippet of new music.
As previously reported, Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch recently released God Help the Girl, a film that he wrote, directed, and scored. Watch Pitchfork.tv’s five-part series about the making of the movie here.
Belle and Sebastian will also reissue their entire catalog on vinyl on October 7. More details here.
Check out the band’s tour dates, including a stop at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival Paris, below.
Belle and Sebastian:
09-29 Orlando, FL – House of Blues
10-01 Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
10-03 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
10-06-07 Los Angeles, CA – The Theatre at the Ace Hotel
10-08 Phoenix, AZ – Civic Space Park
10-10 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Festival
10-12 Mexico City, Mexico – Corona Capital Music Festival
10-28 Manchester, England – Cathedral
10-29 Bexhill-on-Sea, England – De La Warr Pavilion
10-31 Paris, France – Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
02-16 Tapei, Taiwan – Hostess Club Tapei
05-22 Glasgow, Scotland – Hydro Arena (with the Scottish Festival Orchestra)
06-10 New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
07-02-04 Keflavik, Iceland – ATP Iceland
Girls In Peacetime Want to Dance trailer:
Watch Pitchfork.tv’s documentary about Belle and Sebastian’s classic album If You’re Feeling Sinister:
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